Threaded rhyme is a rhyme scheme where a particular rhyme sound is carried through multiple stanzas, creating a sonic thread that connects and unifies the stanzas across the poem. Unlike stanzaic rhyme schemes that reset with each stanza, threaded rhyme maintains continuity by repeating specific end-sounds as linking elements. This technique may involve repeating one sound throughout, alternating between sounds, or creating more complex threading patterns. The effect creates cohesion and forward momentum, as the recurring sound reminds readers of earlier stanzas and creates expectation for its return. Threaded rhyme demonstrates rhyme's structural potential beyond stanzaic organization, binding discrete units into unified wholes.

Threaded rhyme weaves a recurring end sound or internal rhyme throughout a poem—not necessarily in consecutive lines—to create subtle sonic cohesion.